Crappy reporting indeed. Google is moving from Google’s OpenSource API to Oracle’s OpenSource API. When I read badly reported stories like this I always wonder whether stories about things I have less insight about are as inaccurate.

It really depends on the journalist. Some reporting doesn’t suck, although a lot of it does. Make friends with smart people with domain experience and they can usually recommend good articles. Would be great if there were a better way, but people pushing biased narratives seems to be the norm.